The date o the captur o the toun bi the Turks is discussed, the various years proponit bi historians rangin frae 1361 tae 1371. Frae the reign o Ottoman Sultan Murad I to 1453, Edirne served as the caipital ceety o the Ottoman Empire, till the Ottoman conquest o Constantinople (Istanbul) which became the empire's new caipital.

Adrianople wis made the seat o a Greek metropolitan an o a Gregorian Armenie bishop, Adrianople is the centre o a Bulgarie diocese an aw, but no recognisit an deprivit o a bishop. The ceety haed some Protestants an aw. The Laitin Catholics, foreigners for the maist pairt, an no numerous, wur dependent o the vicariate-apostolic o Constantinople. At Adrianople itsel wur the pairish o St. Anthony o Padua (Minors Conventual) an a schuil for girls conductit bi the Sisters o Charity o Agram. In the suburb o Karaağaç wur a kirk (Minor Conventuals), a schuil for boys (Assumptionists) an a schuil for girls (Oblates o the Assumption). Each o its mission stations, at Tekirdağ an Alexandroupoli, haed a schuil (Minor Conventuals), an thare wis ane at Gallipoli (the Assumptionists).

Later housomeivver, the Roman Catholic diocese wis discontinued, an exists anerly in name as a titular metropolitan airchbishopric, unner the full name Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto tae distinguish it frae several ither titular sees namit Hadrianopolis.

Situatit near the Greek (7 km) an Bulgarie (20 km) borders, this ceety is famit for its mony mosques, domes an minarets. Adrianople contains the ruins o the auncient palace o the Ottoman Sultans an the Selimiye Mosque, ane o the maist important monuments in this auncient province; built in 1575 an designed bi Turkey's greatest maister airchitect, Mimar Sinan, it haes the heichest minarets in Turkey, at 70.9 metres an a cupola three or fower feet heicher than that o Hagia Sophia Byzantine Orthodox Cathedral ( museum) in Istanbul. Carryin the name o the then reignin the Ottoman Sultan Selim II, this mosque represents Turkis marble handicrafts an it is covered wi valuable tiles an fine paintins.

Besides the mosques, thare are different steids tae be visitit in Edirne, aw reflectin its rich past. The maist prominent place bein the Edirne Palace, which wis the "Palace o the Empire" built durin the reign o Murad II. Thare are caravansaries, like the Rustem Pasha an Ekmekcioglu Ahmet Pasha caravansaries, which wur designed tae host travelers, in the 16t century.

A cultural partnership wi Lörrach in Germany haes been stairtit in 2006. The goal is tae exchynge pupils an students tae impruive their cultural skills an unnerstaundin.

Edirne is hame tae the tradeetional ile-warstlin turnament cried Kırkpınar. Held every year in June, it is said tae be the auldest active sport organisation efter the Olympic Gemmes that wur refoondit anerly efter centuries o inactivity.

Anither internaitional festival in Edirne is Kakava, a celebration o Romani fowk held on 5 Mey each year.

↑The History of Rome, Volume 4 by Theodor Mommsen , 2009, page 53: "... defeated the Bessi in their mountains, took their capital Uscudama (Adrianople), and compelled them to submit to the Roman supremacy